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What tragic things aboutDolly Partondoes everyone just ignore?
And it probably shouldn’t be ignored, honestly.
Dolly Parton tragically grew up in poverty
Dolly Parton has undergone a stunning transformation.
In fact,Parton grew up with 11 siblingsin the Smoky Mountains, and her family wasseriouslyimpoverished.
“It wasn’t just about taking care of what we’d been given.
“That was almost a pleasure to get peed on because it was so cold.
If that tragedy doesn’t show you just how far Parton has come, nothing will.
“There is a lot of heartache and stuff that goes on with that,” she shared.
“Yesterday, we laid our sweet baby brother to rest.”
We’re so sorry for your losses, Dolly.
No, Parton never complained about a skinned knee or even a broken bone.
Instead, Parton almost lost some body parts, believe it or not.
That’s just one of thethings you didn’t know about Dolly Parton.
“I was probably about six or seven,” she explained, (viaPeople).
“But they worked and they healed and I’m still walking on them,” Parton added.
“That was my treasure,” she said.
All that Parton has left of it is the neck.
“I put the gun down.
I kinda believe Popeye was a spiritual messenger from God.”
“I worked with a show calledThe Porter Wagoner Show,” she recalled.
“We kind of butted heads all the time, but we loved each other.”
She added that there was a great passion between them.
But when Parton was ready to leave the show, Wagoner was reluctant to let her go.
So, Parton did what she does best: she wrote a song about it.
Unfortunately, that meant Parton had to take things into her own hands.
In 2001, it was reported that Parton was facing off against her mother in court.
Perhaps that’sthe real reason Dolly Parton never had kids.
Perhaps it’s not so easybeing Dolly Parton for a dayafter all.
Though she’s amassed plenty of fame and fortune, she stillsupports her hometownand remains extremely humble.
And in case you were curious, here’swhat else you didn’t know about Dolly Parton’s marriage.
“I’ve been fortunate, more fortunate than most women have,” she confessed.
“I’ve certainly been harassed in my life.
I’ve certainly had to put up with a lot of BS.”
The fact that she’s had to deal with that is super tragic.
However, Parton added that she felt she was capable of handling the harassment.
Would they be tall because he’s tall?
Or would they be little squats like me?'”
she mused in an interview withThe Guardian.
She added that if she’d had a daughter, she would have named her Carla.
While it may disappoint fans that Parton never had children, she feels the decision was meant to be.
“Now that we’re older?
But because she would have had to sacrifice so much, it all worked out in the end.
“She got this terrible crush on my husband,” Parton explained.
“And he just loved going to the bank because she paid him so much attention.”
“I don’t believe we’ve got that kind of money,” she joked.
